Caregiver mental health and school-aged children's academic and socioemotional outcomes: Examining associations and mediators in Northern Ghana.

ABSTRACT: While there is a strong link between caregiver mental health, caregiver engagement, and child development, limited research has examined the underlying mechanisms of these associations in Africa. We examined the mediating role of dimensions of caregiver engagement in the association of caregiver psychological distress with children's academic and socioemotional outcomes in Ghana. Data came from 4,714 children (aged 5-17 years) and their caregivers in five regions of northern Ghana. Caregiver psychological distress and engagement (i.e., engagement in education, emotional supportiveness, and parenting self-efficacy) were self-reported by children's primary caregiver. Children's academic (literacy and numeracy) and socioemotional (prosocial skills and socioemotional difficulties) outcomes wer

SUBMITTER: Ahun MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11398656 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature